Why We Need Intercultural Competences

Ursula Brinkmann and Oscar Weerdenburg

Chapter Chapter 2 in Intercultural Readiness, 2014, pp 19-34 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Over the past 20 years, more and more organizations have begun to select and develop staff based on thoroughly assessing them on relevant competences. Competences enable individuals to show exemplary performance and to respond to new and changing organizational challenges. With job demands becoming more complex and unpredictable, job-specific knowledge quickly grows outdated. In searching for individuals with the right competences, organizations strive to attract and develop professionals who know how to adapt their approach when faced with new and unforeseen demands.1

Keywords: Senior Executive; Church Leader; Intercultural Competence; Multiple Culture; Intercultural Interaction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137346988_3

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